Boat mooring device



April 11, 1961 A H. YORDI BOAT MOORING DEVICE Filed June 22, 1959 Patented Apr. 11,1961

BOAT MOORING DEVICE Arthur H. Yordi, 5942 3rd Ave., Kenosha, Wis.

Filed June 22, 1959, Ser. No. 822,027

3 Claims. (Cl. 114-230) This invention relates to a boat mooring apparatus and more particularly to a device to be used for boat mooring where the boat may rise or fall depending on the changing conditions of the water.

In areas comprising rivers and estuaries leading to the sea, a relatively high tide difierential does exist which presents a problem as to mooring a boat to a dock.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a cylindrical anchoring post provided with a finned base arranged to be driven into the bed of a stream, bay, or similar area, and, with said post rising vertically upwardly a substantial distance from the surface of the water. A lead weight is slideably mounted in said tube with a cable attached to said weight and with said cable passing through the top of the .cylinder and over a roller and then attached to a sliding tubular collar arranged to slide up and down over the outer surface of said cylinder. A mooring bracket is secured to said collar and projects directly outwardly therefrom and can be attached to a boat. The collar, and, accordingly the mooring bracket, will move up and down with the rise and fall of the boat whereby such collar and bracket will always be disposed at a predetermined level about the water regardless of whether such boat is positioned on either high orlow tide.

Another object of this invention is to provide a boat mooring device incorporating in its construction a vertically elongated tubular member having a weight slideable therein and attached to a cable extending through said tubular member with the other end of such cable attached to a collar slideable up and down the outside surface of said tubular member; said collar having secured thereto aspring mounted "telescopic member projecting outwardly from said collar and having a latching device to be secured to a boat.

Other objects and advantages of the boat mooring means, according to the present invention, will appear from the following detailed description thereof taken with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred physical embodiment thereof in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the boat mooring device. I

Figure 2 is a perspective exploded view of the boat connecting means of the mooring device.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the rollers cut on the line 33 of Figure 1, which move up and down the tubular member.

Referring now specifically to the drawings, the numeral generally designates the boat mooring device which includes an elongated tubular cylindrical member 12 having spaced finned gripping members 13 disposed about the bottom 14 of such member. In operation, the tubular member 12 extends below and above the water level 15 with the finned lower end driven into the bottom 16 of the stream bed. The tubular member extends substantially above the normal level of the water so that regardless of the differential occasioned by the rise and fall of the water level, the top 17 of the tubular member is always above the water level. A bracket or clamp 18 is mounted on or about the tubular member 12 and secures said member to the dock 19. In actual practice, the finned gripping members 13 can be driven deeply into the stream bed; in that application there would be no necessity for clamping to a dock.

Mounted on a collar 20 are two pairs of oppositely disposed rollers 21 mounted in recesses 22 cut in and adjacent the top and bottom edges of the collar 20. Oppositely spaced plates 23 are mounted and secured to the collar with apertures 24 through which pins 25 extend entirely through longitudinally extending bores in said rollers for mounting said rollers 21 in. the recesses cut in the collar. These rollers 21 are arranged to movefreely up and down over the surface of member 12 whereby the collar 20 slides along the outside surface 26 of the tubular member 12.

Projecting outwardly from collar 20 is a supporting rod 27. This rod 27 comprises two integral sections 27a and 27b. The section 27a is of greater diameter than 27b adjacent the collar 20 and has secured thereto a coil 29. The section 27b is slotted at 30 throughout longitudinally a substantial part of its length. A second rod 28, including a tubular section 281: and a diametrically reduced extension 28b, is telescopically mounted over the rod 27 The rod 28 has mounted thereon a coil 29a similar to coil 29. An aperture 31 is formed in the rod 28 back of coil 29a through which a removable pin 32 is inserted which rides along the slot 30 when the rod 27 is telescopically mounted on rod 28. A coil spring 33 encircles a portion of section 28a and is locked at one end to the coil 29a. This coil spring 33 extends well beyond the end of section 28a and when the members 27 and 28 are telescopically mounted, the free end of said coil spring is locked to the coil 29.

A threaded section 34 extends beyond the extension and passes through a lug 35 formed in the top surface 36 of a boat fastening assembly 37 and is secured thereto by a nut 38. A hole 39 may be drilled at the end of section 34 to receive a cotter pin to prevent the nut-38 to be loosened and fall off the end of section 34. This boat fastening assembly is of unique design and will form the subject matter of a separate application. This boat fastening assembly is connected directly to the bit 44 which is permanently attached to a boat 43.

This particular invention compensates for, two common movements of the boat: one, the up and down movement of the boat occasioned by the rise and fall of the water level; two, the in and out movement of the boat occasioned by waves on the surface of the water moving either inwardly, toward the mooring tubular member, or outwardly, toward the boat. In addition, as the collar 20 does have some degree of rotation about the tubular member 12, my particular construction provides another movement to the boat, in that, the boat may swing longitudinally back and forth through the rotational movement of the collar 20 about the member 12.

A reinforcing brace 40 is secured at one end to the top of the tubular member 12 and at its other end to the dock 19.

With the above construction the collar 20 slides up or down along the tubular member 12 as the water level rises and falls, and, accordingly, a weight 41 falls or rises in the tubular member 12. This weight 41 is attached to a cable 42 which passes upwardly, inside tubular member 12 over a pulley or roller 43 mounted in the top of the tubular member 12 and down along the outside of the tubular member and secured to the collar 20.

The pins 27 and 28 project straight out from the collar at all times, and, with respect to the boat, always holds the boat in the same horizontal position regardless of the water level. The boat actually operates as a buoy and the efifect is such that the members 27 and 28 follow along the rise and fall of the boat.

It should be understood that certain detail changes may be made in the apparatus so long as these changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. Further more, it should be noted two or more substantially parallel connections between the wharf and the boat maybe used, if desired, to hold the boat in substantial parallel relation to the dock, the connections to be constructed in accordance with the mooring apparatus above described I claim:

1. A mooring device for a boat, comprising a rod, means for detachably securing an end of said rod to the boat, a hollow cylindrical post, a collar having spaced rollers mounted on said collar, said collar rotatably mounted on said post and slidable through said rollers along the outside surface of said post, a second rod secured to said collar and extending outwardly therefrom, said second rod telescopically mounted in said first rod, a longitudinal extending slot formed in said second rod, an aperture formed in said first rod, a removable pin inserted in said aperture to slide along in said slot and prevent separation of said rods, a coil secured to said second rod adjacent said collar, another coil secured to said first rod adjacent said aperture, a coil spring, said spring enclosing said rods between said coils and locked to said coils, said collar and rods movable up and down relative to said post as said heat moves up and down relative to said post.

2. A mooring device for a boat, comprising a rod, means for detachably securing an end of said rod to the boat, a hollow cylindrical post, a collar having spaced rollers mounted on said collar, said collar rotatably mounted on said post and slidable through said rollers v along the outside surface of said post, a second rod secured to said collar and extending outwardly therefrom, said second rod telescopically mounted in said first rod, a longitudinal extending slot formed in said second rod, an aperture formed in said first rod, a removable pin inserted in said aperture to slide along in said slot and prevent separation of said rods, a coil secured to said second rod adjacent said collar, another coil secured to said first rod adjacent said aperture, a coil spring, said spring enclosing said rods between said coils and locked to said coils, said collar and rods movable up and down relative to said post as said boat moves up and down relative to said post, said first rod slidable on said second rod as said boat moves towards or away from said post and accordingly compressing or expanding said coil spring, with said collar swinging about said post as said boat swings in an are relative to said post, a weight movable vertically inside said post, a cable attached to said weight and extending upwardly in said post and passing over the top of said post and downwardly exterior of said post and attached to said collar.

3. A mooring device for a boat, comprising a tubular cylindrical member having spaced finned gripping members disposed about the bottom of said member, a collar,

two integral sections, one section adjacent said collar of greater diameter than said other section, the first section having a coil mounted thereon, the other section slotted throughout longitudinally a greater part of its length, a second rod, said second rod comprising a tubular section and a diametrically reduced extension, said tubular section telescopically mounted over the smaller diameter section of said supporting rod, a coil mounted on said tubular section, an aperture formed in said tubular section in back of said second mentioned coil, a removable pin insertable through said aperture and riding in said slot, a coil spring attached at its ends to said coils and locked thereon, said collar and rods movable up and down relative to said member as said boat moves up and down relative to said member, said supporting rod slidable in said tubular section as said boat moves toward or away from said member and accordingly compressing or expanding said coil spring, with said collar swinging about said member as said boat swings in an are relative to said member, a weight movable vertically inside said member, a cable attached to said weight and passing over the top of said member and downwardly and attached to said collar, said weight enabling free vertical movement of said collar without binding.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,094,610 Steinhauer Apr. 28, 1914 2,440,972 Peltier May 4, 1948 2,526,871 Johnson Oct. 24, 1950 2,871,813 Klawitter Feb. 3, 1959 2,873,712 Gossen Feb. 17, 1959 

